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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-7825: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-7825: Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/28/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/05/2018
Modified
08/08/2018

Description

Several fonts on OS X display some Tibetan and Arabic characters as whitespace. When used in the addressbar as part of an IDN this can be used for domain name spoofing attacks. Note: This attack only affects OS X operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 56, Firefox ESR < 52.4, and Thunderbird < 52.4.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbird
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbird-bin

References

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